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A Grotesque Old Woman

A Grotesque Old Woman






Date : approx. between 1525 and 1530

Sizes : 45 cm x 64 cm
Material : Peinture à l'huile sur chêne
Acquisition : Bequeathed by Miss Jenny Louisa Roberta Blaker (1947)
National Gallery
The Netherlands
Main Building
First Floor - Section 5
The Ugly Duchess
Item 9 on 15
Flemish and Northern Painting
Painting (Portrait)

Area related
Antwerp / Antwerpen (Belgium)

Description   

This picture was probably intended to satirize old women who try inappropriately to recreate their youth. It is unlikely to be a portrait of a specific person. Leonardo da Vinci seems to have provided the inspiration in a similar drawing.
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